Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-31
THE RAILROADS.
improvements In the East End Yards
The Business Of the 1. B. W. Roiiin
stock and Fast Freight.

| Inc buslnees OF tne L. n. a W. hch'ne
stock and Fast Freight.
The o. S. are rebuilding engines
and IS.
| Train Master Lee, of the Pan Handle
was in the city yesterday.
EFF. Fuller, division freight agent of
the Pan Handle, is in the city on business,
| Train Master Cummins was in Troy this
morning and was in c, lumbus yesterday
evening.
The little "Old Safety" will run All ex-
| cursion next Friday from cambridge to the
Soldiers Home.
The station of Corwin. on the Pan Had
die, has been changed and will hereafter be
known as Waynesville.
Frank Reifsnider, late with the Erie En-
pres company here, has resigned and ac-
eepted position in Detroit.
Superintendent Wilson. OF the l. b. 4
W., was be in the city yesterday, in confer
ence with Superintendent Blee.
Engine 81 will be out of the Indianapo-
lis shops in one week, and will be one
of the best engines on the road.
Ticket agents are great fellows, and this
city has three of the liveliest in the country
in Messrs. knight, Dodds and Hetferman.
Engine Is on the Ohio Southern is mo-
gul and will pull the Bainbridge accommo-
dation as soon as she returns from the
shops.
The Raa line wreckipg train got in a
Fdsv at Oshorn TO-DAY and the debris is now
all cleared away. Trains are now running
regular.
Eng;ns Is has been in the ITrbapa. I'LL.
sbons and returns IN her run on passenger
train between Indianapolis and Peoria in A
few days.
All the heavy nsssenger engines of the I.
r e w are ON the Peoria division. The
trains on this division are the heaviest on
the entire system.
The chair cars for the run between San
dusky and Cincinnati on the day trains are
heing mt In order and will be nut on the
mn in A few days.
Tho Rro,barboos of Engineers meeting
in Columbus Sunday was success, and
about >. OOO were in attendance. .Parades.
bands and business were the order all day
long.
ThsJ SW trains handled a fair
number of cars last week. as follows: Co
lumbus division. 37S: middle division. go:
Ohio division, ,Sl9. This makes a total of
l,457 ears.
Thai u Sw hoo ,;pa,v-pina aruinas
,,a Ohio Southern t-,anty'f;ya engines and
tho chicago and Ohio river road three en-
gines. making a total of II. engines on the
entire system,
IT,. Wi s,r.,, ,-ossir, T. ,o h. rs,,oy.d
.rd ths tr.cl-s nm into each other with
s,,;,oh onnnan,ions Tbis will vine ont
o,'., 60, T., tba S,.r,s .nJ .rIon, traips 10
nate hetter time
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IL III, r,s,'r,a hor r,,' l., a fa,x Ia af,sr
nc. VIZ .;.' III -, =, 80. ;,' ~ IT,,
s;.n.Iis sb"nS
u'~n"iAa S"Up
george II; hhlght returned ias' Hish'
from tne ticKet agents excursion 10 MANI
ihoth oaNe. he iePorts ois tiiiie' anu 'iie
paity "ere sen q ' P,'I,'n.n ,," S,aauo ro.
''i'e VI
sixteen CARLOADS OF Expert peef passed.
tnfoughSunday nlght over the l. .b.NN'i iIoin
81. Louis 10 New loik. lhe lrah mas
made a last rate OF IS miles per hop'' ald
viii transfer at the Green springs 10 the
Ntckie Plate.
Passenger train No. on the l. B. 4 W.,
known as the Limited, has made her fast
time every day during the past month. One
day at Troy she was twenty-four minutes
late, but went into the union depot at In
dianapolis on time.
Master Mechanic Porter came over from
Columbus this morning and intended TO go
to Sandusky. He went into the Arcade
restaurant to get bite. and coming out,
saw his train pulling out at lively rate.
He set about 10 catch 1t, but his legs would
not move fast enough. He remalrs In the
city today.
General Master Mechanic King. of the /.
b. 4 W.. was in the city Sunday. He is
now arranging some orders for engines and
will have them printe and framed. They
prohibit any other person other than train
men from riding on the engine and each
engine will be supplied with one of them TO
hang in the cab.
n is reno, ed that the c. II. 4 ID. bought
the Vandalia line, and if so, il will be made